Today’s hot topic is cyberbullying, but given the nature of our media cycles, we should expect to see this join the ranks of “old news” by the end of the year.

That isn’t to say these topics aren’t ongoing threats, just that they lose media attention.

Internet pornography was the first big internet safety topic to make news, and it has remained largely out of favor among the popular press ever since.

But that doesn’t mean the issues and costs have vanished, or that “it’s just an issue among right-wing prudes.” The societal costs of pornography are staggering. D, psychologist and former Deputy Assistant Health and Human Services Secretary, “two recent reports, one by the American Psychological Association on hyper-sexualized girls, and the other by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy on the pornographic content of phone texting among teenagers, make clear that the digital revolution is being used by younger and younger children to dismantle the barriers that channel sexuality into family life.

The financial cost to business productivity in the U. alone is estimated at .9 Billion annually ; but the human toll, particularly among our youth and in our families, is far greater. Pornography hurts adults, children, couples, families, and society.

Among adolescents, pornography hinders the development of a healthy sexuality, and among adults, it distorts sexual attitudes and social realities.

In families, pornography use leads to marital dissatisfaction, infidelity, separation, and divorce.” Here are some of the most credible statistics available today on internet pornography.

Note: at the end of this article there are links to three infographics that cover various aspects of the impact of pornography on families.

In February 2010, the number of people using a work computer to visit sexually oriented website was as high as 28%, according to research conducted by The Nielsen Company.

The average visit to a pornography site from a work computer was about 13 minutes, and the average worker spent one hour and 38 minutes on such sites during that month.